Building Old Cambridge
Architecture and Development
$123.55
- Hardcover
968 pages
- Release Date
4 November 2016
Summary
An extensively illustrated, comprehensive exploration of the architecture and development of Old Cambridge from colonial settlement to bustling intersection of town and gown.Old Cambridge is the traditional name of the once-isolated community that grew up around the early settlement of Newtowne, which served briefly as the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and then became the site of Harvard College. This abundantly illustrated volume from the Cambridge Historical Commission traces the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262034807 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262034808 |
| Author: | Susan E. Maycock, Charles M. Sullivan, Jill Lepore, William B. King |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 968 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 2016 |
| Weight: | 3.32kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 254mm x 52mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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From the Cambridge Historical Commission’s survey director and executive director comes a massive, absorbing, and enthrallingly illustrated volume on the community’s evolution—full of enlightenments.
—Harvard MagazineComprehensive look at the history and development of Cambridge, which offers historical treasures throughout. Richly illustrated, including many maps and photographs through time.
—Boston GlobeAbout The Author
Susan E. Maycock
Susan E. Maycock is an architectural historian and Survey Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission.Charles M. Sullivan, a city planner, has been Executive Director of the Cambridge Historical Commission since 1974.
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